The Golden Family, rising from the Western Regions

Chapter 66: The Lord of Flying Eagle Castle
A few days ago, Huang Daquan suddenly learned the news that Houzhai had been breached.

He staggered and almost fainted.

Fortunately, it was later learned that it was not the Qarlugs who broke through Houzhai, but the troops from Hexi Fort.

His daughter Huang Xiuer is also fine and is now living well in Hexi Fort.

But the son-in-law and his family were all killed.

Huang Daquan felt relieved.

This time when I came to Wuya Village, I also found an acquaintance. He used to be from Hou Village, but now he is incorporated into the Hexi Fort army and follows Li Xiao to the expedition.

After asking about his daughter's situation, he came to see Li Xiao.

"My little girl is stupid and has caused trouble for Lord Li!"

Huang Daquan said, clasping his fists towards Li Xiao, as if he was very sorry.

Li Xiao shook his head gently: "No, no."

"Mrs. Huang is kind and gentle, clever and skillful, and she didn't cause any trouble."

Huang Daquan ignored the question and sighed, saying, "The Hou family deserved this fate because of their own fault."

"Although I am related to the Hou family, I will never condone their traitorous behavior of harming their own people."

"I just feel sorry for my daughter!"

"She's only twenty years old, and she's already a widow, childless. When I think about her having to live out her life alone, I, an old man, feel so bad."

Huang Daquan spoke to Li Xiao like an old monk chanting sutras.

Slowly, Li Xiao understood.

Is the palace forced to abdicate?
This old yellow guy looks honest, but he is quite cunning!
He must have found out about the relationship between Li Xiao and Huang Xiuer from somewhere, or maybe he just guessed it himself.

After all, the times are so barbaric.

Huang Xiuer is young and beautiful. Her husband's family was slaughtered, leaving her the only woman. Without a man's protection, how could she keep half of her family's cattle and sheep wealth?
What's more, it is normal for the victor to take possession of the enemy's wife.

Anyway, Huang Daquan thought that Huang Xiuer was already with Li Xiao.

The implicit meaning of his words was to ask Li Xiao whether he would marry Huang Xiuer.

"Oh my god~" Li Xiao thought to himself, "Oh my god!"

He only knew that young girls should not be touched lightly as it would be easy to fall into the trap, but he didn't expect that touching a young woman would be so troublesome.

Do you really want to marry Huang Xiuer yourself?
Although Huang Xiuer is not bad, she is young and beautiful, a mature and sexy sister with a gentle and considerate personality.

But Li Xiao also has his own considerations in marriage.

Many people who have achieved hegemony have a prerequisite: to let the small head serve the big head.

Simply put, it is a political need.

Unless Li Xiao meets a woman who makes him particularly moved and he insists on marrying her, the first principle of marriage must be a woman who can help him in his career.

Li Xiao wouldn't mind marrying Huang Xiuer as his mistress, but Huang Daquan obviously wanted more.

"Mrs. Huang is young and beautiful, and still has a lot of life ahead of her. It would be a shame if she died alone like this."

"But don't worry, Mr. Huang. Madam Huang is now a member of our Hexi Fort. My Li family will definitely not ignore Madam Huang." Li Xiao said.

As soon as these words were spoken, Huang Daquan instantly understood what Li Xiao meant.

He eats everything and doesn't want to take responsibility.

The smile on his dark face stiffened slightly, and his gaze towards Li Xiao instantly turned bad.

In his opinion, Li Xiao became the lord of Hexi Fort at such a young age, and was also the leader of the Seven Forts coalition.

He is both wise and brave, with great military achievements. It is said that he has a very good relationship with the Khitans. He is highly valued by the King of the Six Courts, Xiao Simo, and his future is limitless.

That's why Huang Daquan wanted to establish a relationship with Li Xiao as soon as possible.

Being able to make Li Xiao his son-in-law obviously means he is much better off than the Hou family.

But he didn't expect that Li Xiao was pretending to be stupid in front of him.

Huang Daquan felt a little embarrassed, but he did not clarify the topic.

After all, if I really say these words openly and get rejected by Li Xiao, it will be irreversible.

The relationship between Huangshazhai and Hexibao is probably about to reach freezing point.

As I said, Li Xiao is strong enough and has connections with the Khitans, so Huang Daquan doesn't want to fall out with Li Xiao.

Even if we can't become relatives, we can't become enemies.

"Oh, okay, yeah~" Huang Daquan nodded unnaturally.

Then he said: "Xiu'er is my child after all. Her husband's family is gone, but her mother's family is still there."

"I want to ask Lord Li for favor and see if Xiu'er can return to Huangsha Village to live."

Let Huang Xiuer return to Huangsha Village?
Li Xiao was really reluctant to let go.

But it was not good to continue to embarrass Huang Daquan, so he said, "Of course no problem."

"As long as Miss Huang is willing, you can return to Huangsha Village at any time. I, Hexi Fort, will never stop you."

Huang Daquan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, feeling that Li Xiao was not such an unreasonable person.

It would be good if you could let him go.

After all, the Hou family became traitors and were conquered by Hexi Fort. Huang Xiuer was actually a prisoner of Hexi Fort.

Technically, Huang Xiuer is from Hexi Fort.

If Huang Daquan didn't want to break off relations with Hexi Fort, he couldn't just take his daughter away unless Li Xiao agreed.

Fortunately, Li Xiao agreed to this matter. Huang Daquan planned to take Huang Xiuer back in a few days. She couldn't stay in Hexi Fort in such an unclear manner.

But Li Xiao dismissed his idea.

Li Xiao was still able to grasp the thoughts of that woman Huang Xiuer.

... "Congratulations, Lord Li."

"Young and promising."

"Being chosen by Lord Xiao as a thousand-householder, Lord Li has a bright future."

After Li Xiao and Huang Daquan finished their conversation, several other castle lords and village chiefs gathered around and congratulated Li Xiao.

They had just been chatting with Qin Kaishan and others and had already learned the news that Li Xiao had been appointed as a thousand households.

His heart was filled with envy and jealousy, but on the surface he appeared to be loyally congratulating Li Xiao.

This was the first thousand households appointed by Xiao Simo personally in Jinzhou, and it was obtained by Li Xiao through his own military exploits.

This shows how much Xiao Simo, the governor of Dongdu, values Li Xiao.

At this moment, these castle lords and village chiefs were even more grateful for their choice.

Fortunately, I came to visit Li Xiao.

It’s definitely a good idea to establish a good relationship with Li Xiao.

"Master Li is so highly regarded by Lord Xiao. He will surely have a bright future."

"I just don't know what Wang Ermaizi and the others will think when they find out." The Lord of Changshan Fort said with a faint smile.

"What else can it be? It must be very sour." The leader of the Black Mountain Village laughed.

Until this time, Huang Daquan had just learned that Li Xiao had become a thousand-householder.

"Sigh~"

He turned to look at Li Xiao with surprise, unable to suppress his astonishment.

Huang Daquan didn't quite understand what the specific official position of Qianhu was, but he understood it.

The governor of Dongdu really values Li Xiao, as he is the highest-ranking official in the northern border.

With Xiao Simo's support, wouldn't Li Xiao be even more successful in the future?

Maybe one day I can become the governor of Jinzhou.

So Huang Daquan was feeling jealous at the moment. It would be great if Li Xiao could really become his son-in-law.

But even if it fails, we cannot offend him.

But Li Xiao ignored the envy of Huang Daquan and the others and asked curiously, "Who is Wang Ermazi?"

"Lord of Flying Eagle Castle." said the Lord of Changshan Castle.

He also reminded: "Master Li, Wang Er has a lot of opinions about you."

"Who knows what bad things might happen, you better be careful!"

The Lord of Changshan Fort and others came over just to say hello. After all, since they were all Han people, they could stick together at the critical moment.

Moreover, the Seven Forts of Hexi arrived much earlier than them, so they must know more, so they came to learn from them.

However, when they learned that Li Xiao was appointed as a thousand households, their thoughts immediately changed, and their attention to Li Xiao instantly increased several degrees.

Decided to give Li Xiao a good deal.

"Oh? Lord of Flying Eagle Castle?"

"Why does he have a problem with me?" Li Xiao asked curiously.

"Because Feiying Fort and the Hou family have always had a good relationship, the wife of Hou Wen, the leader of Houzhai, is from the Wang family of Feiying Fort." The Lord of Changshan Fort explained.

Li Xiao understood instantly.

The Wang family and the Hou family of Feiying Fort are related by marriage. Is Wang Ermaizi Hou Wen’s brother-in-law?
Hexi Fort destroyed the Hou family and killed Hou Wen’s wife, who was Wang Ermaizi’s sister, and hatred naturally arose from this.

"Lord Xu, have you ever met Hou Wen, the leader of Hou Village?" Li Xiao asked.

According to Lin Dazhuang and other herdsmen from Houzhai, Hou Wen went to the Moman tribe at that time to discuss surrender.

However, after Li Xiao defeated the Moman tribe, he did not find Hou Wen among the captives and corpses.

This guy might have run away early.

Li Xiao was looking for him.

After all, adhering to the principle of eradicating the roots, Li Xiao always feels a little uncomfortable as long as Hou Wen is not dead.

"Hou Wen?"

"Never seen him." The Lord of Changshan Fort and others shook their heads and said they didn't know where Hou Wen was.

Li Xiao was thinking about this matter in his mind.

No matter whether Hou Wen is in Feiying Castle or not, since the Wang family has made an enemy of him, Li Xiao will definitely find an opportunity to kill them.

"Have the troops from Feiying Fort arrived?" Li Xiao asked casually.

Castle Master Xu shook his head slightly: "Not yet, but it should be on the way."

Li Xiao nodded slightly without saying anything more.

Afterwards, everyone talked about the upcoming battle and the household registration.

These two things are closely related to everyone.

Especially the latter, which concerns everyone's power and status. It is better to understand it clearly and deal with it as soon as possible. No one wants to suffer losses.

As the only one who has been conferred the rank of Qian Hu at present, Li Xiao naturally became a hot commodity in the eyes of these people.

They were eager to learn from Li Xiao how the Khitans planned to register the people.

Is there any way to gain more benefits for yourself?

Half an hour later, Li Xiao stood outside the big tent, watching Huang Daquan and others leave, his expression slightly solemn, as if he was thinking about something.

Then he turned to Erhu and said, "Let's go to the Khitan tent."

(End of this chapter)